Death Tax Stories



News Articles


2005

March 15, 2005
Usual GOP ally opposes repeal of estate tax
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

April 6, 2005
Schumer to seek a deal on death tax
The Hill

April 12, 2005
Estate tax should be part of Social Security solution
The Seattle Times

April 12, 2005
Estate tax would be unfair to family-owned businesses
The News Tribune

April 13, 2005
GOP's Estate Tax Push May Work in Senate
The New York Times

April 13, 2005
Erosion of Estate Tax Is a Lesson in Politics
A Break for the Well-to-Do Becomes an Everyman Issue

Washington Post

April 14, 2005
House Passes Permanent Estate Tax Repeal
Washington Post

April 15, 2005
Long Live the Estate Tax
The New York Times

April 22-28, 2005
Opinion articles: William H. Gates Sr & Frank Blethen
Puget Sound Business Journal

Death tax squeezes smaller companies — The Seattle Times, May 2005

2004

March 9, 2004
Mr. Buffett's Tax Advice
The Wall Street Journal

June 18, 2004
Black press tackles succession
Times Picayune

2003

February 20, 2003
Estate tax penalizes family businesses
The Seattle Post Intelligencer

2001

February 15, 2001
... 'Death Tax' Doubts
The Washington Post

February 26, 2001
The Merit in Estate Tax
San Francisco Chronicle

April 2, 2001
Black Group Seeks Repeal of Estate Tax: Businessmen Say Levy Increases Disparity in Wealth Among Races
Washington Post

Fat-Cat Cavalry Rides In to Rescue High Taxes

'Death Tax' Doubts

Philanthropy Can Thrive Without Estate Tax

2000

Inheritance tax should go

New wealth is making 'death tax' hit home

Inheritance Taxes Are Draining Japan's Lifeblood

Death and taxes: Break the link

More women facing 'death taxes'

Burying the 'Death Tax'

The Moral Sense in Estate Tax Repeal

More than rich, rabid support estate-tax repeal

1999

Why the "Death Tax" Is Deadly for Endangered Species

Bush to propose tax cuts in speech Wednesday

Estate tax is wiping out family-owned newspapers

Step-by-step strategy For trimming taxes

Judge (de)merits of estate tax on their own

Eager To Hack at Estate Tax, Foes Welcome New Allies

Taxes Take Toll on Family-Owned Newspapers in U.S.

1997

Death and Estate Taxes Rub Raw Family Legacies

Federal Budget Negotiations will Determine Extent of Estate Tax Reform

Additional Studies/Reports to support repeal of the Death Tax

Studies

February 2005
Americans Talk Taxes: Global Strategies/Luntz Research

The Economics of the Estate Tax

Killing The Death Tax, Slowly

Death To Death Taxes, Part I

Death To Death Taxes, Part 2


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